Camp stove



April 21, 1936. R LANG 2,038,226

CAMP STOVE Filed June s, 1933 oooooooooooo oooooooooooooo oooooooooooooo00000000000000 00000000000000 oooooooooooooo 0000000000000000000000000000 ooooopoooqpooo ATTORN EYS This invention relates 'toimprovements in camp stoves and more particularly the invention isconcerned with stoves of the kind which arel adapted to burn fuel of asolid character such as, for example, charcoal, cok'eland the like.

One object of the invention is'a stove in which provision is madewhereby certain foods may be warmed or kept warm while other foods arebeing cooked.

A further object is to provide for facility in cleaning the stove.

A still further object is to provide a stove which may be anchoredagainst tipping over.

A still further object is to provide a stove which is simple inconstruction and'which is economical to manufacture; i

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stove embod'ying features of theinvention.

Figure 2 is a top view of the strip which provides the grate for thestove. p Q

Figure 3 is a section to' reduced scale taken along line 3-3 of-Figure-l.

The stove, as illustrated; includes a sheet metal .body 5 which is openat both 'ends. The upper and lower ends of the body are preferablyreinforced by beads Sand 1" respectively. The grate 8a for the stoveconstitutes an integral part of an elongated strip 8. The said strippasses through openings 9 formed in opposite sides of the body 5.Preferably it is substantially greater in length than thewidth of .thebody and when it isarranged in position in theopenings 9. its oppositeends I and extend beyond the adjacent sides ofthe body. The intermediateportion' of the strip which. provides the grate 8a *1 is formed withsuitable perforations l3. The latter are preferably formed throughoutthe grate area and when the strip is passed through the openings 9 inthe stove body it lsiadjusted'so that the grate area is located withinthe walls of the; dy l I In order to permit 'air to enter the bodybeneath the grate thesaid body is formed adjacent .its lower end'withopenings I 4. In the formation of thesaid .opening's the struck outmetaltabs which are thus. provided are bent outwardly anddownwardly toprovide projections l5 which extend below the end of the body. 'In the'use of j the stove the said projections are adapted to be embedded in'the' earth whereby to hold the stove against tipping ,over.underst0o'd, of course, that in the event that it is desired'tosuppQrtthe stove upon some con- Patented Apr. 21, 1936 CAMP STOVE RoseLang, Buffalo N. Y.

NT ofiFIcE Application June8, 1933, Serial No. 674,893 I 1 Claim. (01.126-29) tio'n.

use.

In this connection it is venient object-instead of upon the projectionsI 5 will serve as'legs. v

, The top "5 of the stove includes a central zone H which is formed toprovide a grill upon which a cooking utensil may be supported. Theopposite 5 ends of the top are bentdownwardly to provide tongues l8.-The top is removably secured upon the body 5 by the said tongues. Thelatter enter openings ls which are formed by suitably slitting theopposite sides of the body and forcing the 10 metal ad acent the'lowersides of the slits outwardly as at 20. In order to enable the escape ofsmoke'and other gases in the event that the cooking utensil covers theentire top of the stove the body 5 is preferably formed adjacent it perend with suitable openings 2|.

In accordance with the invention the exten s ons I0 and II of the strip8 are adapted to provrde-shelves upon which utensils or food may bearranged in close proximity to the sides of the '20 -s tove body. Theutensils or food placed upon the extensions HI and II will be warmed toa substantial degree as a result of their proximity to the stove bodyor, on the other hand, if they e have previously been heated upon thetop of -the stove they will be maintained in a warm condi- It. will beapparent, therefore, that the stove has the advantage that such foodswhich require the greatest length of time for cooking,

-may, after having been cooked for the desiredlength of time, be placedupon the extensions Ill and l I against thesides of the stove and kept iwarm during the cooking of theremainder of the food. The-strip 8 ispreferably formed with a depending leg 22 which is adapted to rest uponthe ground when the projections l5. have been embedded in the mannerdescribed and provide a support for the end of the extension l0. Heavyutensils therefore, may be placed upon the said extension withoutpossibility of tipping over the 40 stove. In order to enable theaccommodation of relatively large receptacles the strip 8 preferably vincreases in width from 'a point adjacent theside of the body in thedirection of the leg 22.- The strip 8 is preferably-removable at will inorder to facilitate cleaning of .the stove. vantage obtained by thisconstruction is that the strip may be removed and more compactlyassociated with the body 5 when the' stove is not in round the A furtherad- In assembling the latter the end H of the strip is passed throughthe openings 9 until the tapered. "sides of the end l0 engage the endwalls of the adjacent opening 9. The grate zone is preferably ,solocated with respect to the ends of the strip 55 that whenthe taperedsides of the end "I engage the end walls of an opening 8 inthe mannerdeforated zone which is located between the sides of said body and whichis adaptedto provide a grate section, one end' of said strip extendingbeyond one side'of said body to provide a shelf upon which objects maybe supported in close proximity to said body, said end being of a widthwhich is greater than that of said openings; whereby upon insertion ofsaid strip through said openings said end engages said body to preventfurther movement of said strip when said grate section has been moved toits normal position between the sides of saidbody.

' ROSE LANG.

